Bobby's Girl (song) explained

Bobby's Girl
Cover:Bobby'sGirlBlane.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Marcie Blane
B-Side:A Time To Dream
Released:September 28, 1962
Genre:Pop Rock
Length:2:15
Label:Seville Records 45-120
Producer:Marvin Holtzman
Next Title:What Does a Girl Do
Next Year:1963

"Bobby's Girl" is a song and single written by Gary Klein and Henry Hoffman. The original was performed by American teenage singer Marcie Blane, and became a No. 3 hit on the US charts. A near-simultaneous cover by British singer Susan Maughan was a hit in the UK, coincidentally also reaching No. 3 on the UK charts.[1] [2] Both Blane and Maughan are one-hit wonders; for both these artists, "Bobby's Girl" marked their only appearance on a national top 40 chart.

Marcie Blane version

Blane's version of the song was released in the United States in August, 1962. It has a spoken introduction and a backing refrain of "You're not a kid anymore" and was popular with the American teenage audience. It entered the charts in October and made the Top 10 within a month, reaching No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 by December, where it stayed for four weeks.[3] It reached No. 2 on the Cash Box chart, staying on the charts for nineteen weeks, and made Blane (very briefly) the top-selling female singer in the US.[4]

Chart history

Weekly charts

Chart (1962–1963)Peak
position
Canada (CHUM) Hit Parade[5] 3
New Zealand (Lever Hit Parade)[6] 5
Sweden (Kvällstoppen)[7] 1
Sweden (Tio i Topp)[8] 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[9] 3
U.S. Cash Box Top 100[10] 2

Year-end charts

Susan Maughan version

Bobby's Girl
Cover:Bobby'sGirlMaughan.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Susan Maughan
B-Side:Come a Little Closer
Released:1962
Genre:Pop Rock
Length:2:15
Label:Philips Records 326544 BF
Prev Title:Baby Doll Twist
Prev Year:1962
Next Title:Mama Do The Twist
Next Year:1962

Susan Maughan's cover version was released in the UK, also in 1962. It featured Wally Stott and his orchestra and chorus.[12] Substantially re-arranged from Blane's original, Maughan's version dropped the spoken word intro, and had a more sophisticated, less 'teen-age' sound. It spent nineteen weeks on the UK's Record Retailer chart, peaking at No. 3.[13] [14]

Chart history

Chart (1962–63)Peak
position
UK Singles Chart[15] 3
Ireland IRMA[16] 3
Israeli Singles Chart[17] 3
New Zealand (Lever Hit Parade)[18] 6
Norway VG-lista[19] 6

Other versions

Tracey Ullman version

In 1983 Tracey Ullman released a version of "Bobby's Girl" on the album You Broke My Heart in 17 Places and as a single. Ullman's version reached No. 45 in West Germany.[20]

Foreign-language versions

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bobby's Girl. 1962 . www.discogs.com. 1 June 2013.
  2. Web site: Bobby's Girl . https://archive.today/20120714121346/http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=134349&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID . dead . 2012-07-14 . BMI Repertoire . 2006 . 2013-06-01 .
  3. Book: Yesteryear's Hits . 30 December 1967 . Billboard . 2013-06-01.
  4. Web site: Marcie Blane . www.spectropop.com . 2013-06-01.
  5. http://chumtribute.com/62-12-17-chart.jpg CHUM Hit Parade, December 17, 1962
  6. http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=search%20lever&qsongid=586#n_view_location Flavour of New Zealand, 3 January 1963
  7. Book: Hallberg, Eric. Eric Hallberg presenterar Kvällstoppen i P 3: Sveriges radios topplista över veckans 20 mest sålda skivor 10. 7. 1962 - 19. 8. 1975. Drift Musik. 1993. 243. 9163021404.
  8. Book: Hallberg . Eric . Eric Hallberg, Ulf Henningsson presenterar Tio i topp med de utslagna på försök: 1961 - 74 . Henningsson . Ulf . Premium Publishing . 1998 . 919727125X . 313.
  9. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 -
  10. http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/60s_files/19621229.html Cash Box Top 100 Singles, December 29, 1962
  11. http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/60s_files/1963YESP.html Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 28, 1963
  12. Web site: Bobby's Girl - Susan Maughan. 1962 . www.discogs.com. 1 June 2013.
  13. Web site: UK Official charts - Susan Maughan . www.officialscharts.com . 2013-06-01.
  14. Web site: Cover details . www.whosampled.com . 2013-06-01.
  15. Billboard Magazine, January, 1963 . Billboard. 13 March 1965 .
  16. Billboard Magazine, January, 1963 . Billboard. 13 March 1965 .
  17. Billboard Magazine, January, 1963 . Billboard. 13 March 1965 .
  18. http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=search%20lever&qsongid=586#n_view_location Flavour of New Zealand, 13 December 1962
  19. Billboard Magazine, January, 1963 . Billboard. 13 March 1965 .
  20. https://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Tracey+Ullman&titel=Bobby%27s+Girl&cat=s Tracey Ullman - Bobby's Girl
  21. Web site: Tu M'As Devancée - Arielle. March 1963 . www.discogs.com. 3 September 2019.
  22. Web site: Pardonne-Moi - Mimi Hétu. April 1972 . www.discogs.com. 3 September 2019.
  23. Web site: Douchka - Douchka. 1984 . www.discogs.com. 3 September 2019.

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